Sare jahan se accha hindostan hamara

Celebrate the Independence Day with our sweet recipes. India is a land of numerous cultures and various kinds of food specialties. Celebrate the spirit of freedom by trying these delectable sweet recipes. I am presenting you the healthy and sweet recipes which bring more sweetness to the day. Usually we use to celebrate this freedom day with lot of chocolates and sweets. So why can’t you prepare the sweets at home instead of buying outside? I have given different types of laddos / laddus which are mostly prepared in these occasions.

When I want to eat sweets the first sweet item that strike in my mind is laddo or laddu. This is the popular sweet item often made during festive season. There are lots of recipes showing you the procedures and list but my recipes are quite different. Check the ingredients list and gather items. Enjoy the freedom celebrations with sweet recipes.

Carrot laddo / laddu

Carrot laddo or laddu attracts the persons who are having sweet tooth because it will melt in our mouths. Bright colored carrots with crispy almonds give a fantastic texture. Whatever the occasion may be it would be perfect for any occasion. Grated carrot is added to make it tastier and healthier. It is extremely easy to prepare. Enjoy preparing this sweet on independence day.

Ingredients

Carrot grate – 2cups

Ghee – ½ cup

Sugar – ¾ cup

Kova – ½ cup

Semolina or bombayi rava – 3tbsp

Elachi powder – ½ tbsp

Fried cashews – 50grms

How to prepare Carrot laddo / laddu

Procedure

Step 1: Add ghee to the thick pan and heat it in a low flame.

Step 2: Now add carrot grate into the hot ghee and fry it nicely by stirring slowly.

Step 6: Mix all the ingredients. You can observe sugar melting while stirring the ingredients.

Step 7: The mixture gets sticky in nature. Turn off the flame.

Step 8: Collect the mixture into a bowl. Let it get cool for some time.

Step 9: Apply ghee to your both arms and take a few mixture to hands.

Step 10: Start making small size balls like laddos with this mixture.

Step 11: Continue doing the same with remaining mixture also.

Tasty laddus are ready to eat now. Enjoy the Independence Day with this special carrot laddu.

Wheat flour and besan flour laddus / laddos

Wheat and besan flour laddus or laddos are ease to prepare at home because the ingredients which are used in making of laddos are available mostly at home. Best thing lies in stirring the ingredients and adding required sugar. Make this Independence Day still tastier with our cool recipe.

Ingredients

Semolina or bombayi rava – ½ cup

Wheat flour – ½ cup

Besan aata – 1 cup

Ghee – 1 cup

Sugar – 2 ½ cup

Elachi powder – ½ tbsp

Chopped almonds – ¼ cup

How to make Wheat flour and besan flour laddus / laddos

Procedure

Step 1: Take a thick pan add 4 tbsp of ghee to it and keep on stove with low flame.

Step 2: Ghee gets melted and becomes hot.

Step 3: Add semolina or bombayi rava to the hot ghee and fry it by continuous stirring.

Step 4: Collect the rava into a bowl and keep a side.

Step 5: In the same pan add 4 tbsp of ghee and fry the wheat flour as the same like semolina.

Step 6: Take the fried flour into a bowl and keep a side.

Step 6: As the same way add ghee and fry the besan aata and keep a side.

Kesar malai laddus or laddos

This is one of the popular Indian sweet prepared with paneer grate. Look at the ingredients list, they consists of vitamins and rich proteins. It is best prepared on any festival or any special occasions like Independence Day.

Ingredients

Paneer grate– 2 cups

Butter – 1 cup

Sugar powder – 1 cup

Food color – 1 pinch

Cashew nuts – 2 tbsp

Pistachios – 10

Elachi powder – 1tbsp

How to cook Kesar malai laddus or laddos

Procedure

Step 1: Take a pan and keep it on stove. Heat it on slow flame.

Step 2: Add butter to the pan and allow it to melt.

Step 3: Add food color to the butter.

Step 4: Take paneer grate and add to the pan. Stir it nicely so that the mixture gets stronger.

Step 5: Collect the mixture into a bowl and allow getting cool for 10 mins.

Tasty kesar malai is ready to eat now. Garnish the laddus or laddos with pistachios. Chop them nicely and decorate the sweet. It taste good and melts in the mouth smoothly.

Methi masala laddo or laddus

Methi masala laddu is a traditional recipe which is healthier and Ayurvedic medicine sweet. It is best given to the mother after delivery. Methi masala laddo is best used to cure joint pains and back pains during winter season. It is also prepared in the special occasion like festivals.

Ingredients

Fenugreek seeds – ¾ cup

Milk – 2 ½ cup

Wheat flour – 2 cups

Ghee – 1 ½ cup

Gond katira (available in market)– ½ cup

Almonds – 3

Black pepper – 10

Cumin seeds powder – 2tbsp

Soamp – 2tbsp

Elachi powder – 1tbsp

Cinnamon stick powder – 1tbsp

Nutmeg powder (jaji kaya)- ½ tbsp

Sugar or Jaggery – 1 ½ cup

How to prepare Methi masala laddo or laddus

Procedure

Step 1: Clean the fenugreek seeds and keep it in hot sun for 1 day.

Step 2: Grind that seeds and make it a fine powder.

Step 3: Take the milk in vessel and boil it nicely.

Step 4: Turn off the flame and add fenugreek powder into the milk.

Step 5: Soak it for minimum 8 hours.

Step 6: Better do the steps 1- 5 one day before itself.

Step 7: Chop the almond pieces and keep a side. Same way make black pepper powder.

Step 8: Take a pan and add ½ cup ghee to it and heat it in low flame.

Step 9: Now add soaked fenugreek powder paste into the ghee and fry it nicely.

Step 10: You can observe the light brown color shade while frying the paste.

Step 11: Turn off the flame. Now take other pan add ghee to it. Allow the ghee to get melt.

Step 12: Add gond to the ghee and fry it. Collect the gond into bowl.

Step 13: In the same pan add wheat flour and fry it till the dry smell goes out. Collect and keep a side.

Step 14: Add 1 tbsp of ghee to the pan and fry the jaggery.

Step 15: You can observe the jaggery melting slowly. It will form a thick liquid.